Improvement in hand seed-sowers



O. DANN.

Hand-Seeder.

N0. 58.993. Patented Oct 23, 1866.

NITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

OBED DANN, OF JANESVILLE,\\'ISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT lN HAND SEED-SOWERS.

Speoification full1ling art of Letters Put T0 all whom 1't mag; concern:

5e it known that I, BED DANN of the eity of J anesville, in the eountyof Rock and State of VVisconsin, hexe invented a new and Improved Devioefor Sowin g Seeds by Hand; und I do hereby deelare that the following isa full und exact description thereof, reference being had to theaeeompanying" dmwings, umhin g a part of this speeifiention,in whieh-Figure l is an elevation of my deviee. Fig. 2 is a hottom view. 1*ig. 3is a vertieal seetion ab right angles to Fig. l; und Fig. 4 is also abotton1 vxew, showing ehe slide wlthdrawn.

'lhe nature of my invention eonsists, in providing a circular 01 othershaped box, made 0f tin o1 any otherlighb material, with a lauge opening01 orifiee in the botton1 for the elnis sion of seeds, and elosing, o1partly elosing, this orifice with 2m slide pierced with a series ot'different-sized holes, eneh of whieh is of the proper size for sowing neertain kind of seed, so allowing any desired hind of seed to he sown bysimply shoving in er dmwing out the slide, so tlmt the requisite holeshall come direetly over er eoverthe oriee in the hotton1 of the hox,and in so eonstruoting a serew eap er emer to the box that the eapitself slmll forn1 a. socket for the reeeption of a handle for operatingthe box.

T0 enable others skilled in the art to mnke and use my invenlion, I willproeeed to deserihe its oonstruetion und operation.

The box A is ot' any desired form or size, und of any snitable nmteriul;bot I prefer an ordinary cireular tin oan of the form shown und holdingahout apint. This ean er box A, I pierce With a lmge opening er orifiee,p, for the emission of the seed. This opening is eovered by a. slide, E,filmt; is piereed with a series of smaller different-sized holes, sozuranged that only one of them ab a. time can be brought to cover theopening b Ihese holes are so graduated in size thm; eaeh one of them isdesigned' for a eertain kind of seed different from tl1e others.

The eover 01 eap B screws onto the t0p 0f the box, as shown als a, Figs.1 and 3, and

ent N0. 58.993, d'nted Ocloher 23, 18136.

forn1s e socket fo1 the handle (J, into whieh the lntter is seeured bybeing driven. lhe handle C should be of suflieient length to allow theoperator, when standing upright, to reaeh, er very nezn reueh, thegronnd with the hox.

lo operate m v deviee tlnee eonditions me requisite: first, that the hoxA be filled with the seed, whieh is done hy removing the eap B; seeondahnt the slide E he so plaeed filmt the proper hole shall cover theopening b; am], third, tlmt the gronnd he marked in slmllow furrows ol'the depth and distunee apart desired. These eonditions heing eompliedwith, the operator seizes the end of the handle O und walks mpidlyforwnrd, holding the hox A d'neetl3 over and within a few inehes of thefurrow and, hy quiek, sharp vertieal movements of the band, mphll yshuhing it, so es to allow the sende to fnll into the fuvrow. Thefrequeney of these movements o1 shakes will depend altogether npon thedistnnoo it is desired the seeds should be apart.

The speuifie advantages elaimed i'm this deviee arise fro1n its extremesimplieity, cheapness, nnd effieiency, as with one ot'these sowers,whieh any tinnmn ean nmke m; a eost of onl y a few eents, any fn1mer erga1dener having his ground marked m furrowed (2:1n readily and easilysow an acre.of onions o1 beets in a dny.

\Vhat I elzlim as new, und desire to seenre by Letters Patent of theUnited Stntes, is-

1. The eombination of the hox A and slide E, when eonstructed, arranged,und used substantinlly es m1dfor the pu1pose S01; forth.

lhe eomhinntion ot' the hox A, enp B, and handle when eonstrneted,mrunged, und used substantinlly as und for the purpose Set forth.

3. The eomhinatiou of the box A, slide E, eap B, and handle O, wheneonstrueted, armmged, und used substantially ns und fo1 the purpose setforth.

OBED DANN.

\Nitnessesz S. D. Loomn, H. S. \VOODRUFF.

